EVENT: The Sound of Summer

[trainmasters]

Who: darers, newbies, and everyone else!
When: Day 40, dawn
Where: around the train

[After several hours of Kiss or Dare, the bar lights go off and you're let out into the grey pre-dawn. The Cat isn't one for ceremony, so there's no closing fanfare -- but in the sky are new stars in cobalt, pink, & violet. Congratulations to the winners!

You could go home and get some sleep, but you might have a rough time with that. As the sun appears in the sky, there's a horrible ruckus -- the sound of what seems like a million cicadas suddenly springing to life. They're staying in the canopy, not causing particular problems with buzzing around, but they are deafening.

Occasionally, you may hear one particularly low-pitched cicada noise. If you do, cover your ears, else you become hypnotized, overcome by a destructive urge. Those effected will find themselves compelled to act out violence on inanimate objects -- it's only property destruction, but the longer you're effected the more likely you are to lash out at anyone trying to stop you.

Good thing the hypnosis is broken by hugs, because this will be lasting for awhile.

Maybe it's the noise or maybe it's just bad timing, but the arrival of the cicadas is accompanied by the arrival of some new teammates! As always, the notifcation will appear on everyone's Chains:

WELCOME NEW HEROES

[[NOTES: Announcements and placements are up over here. You're welcome to make team posts if you like, or intro directly into this mingle. The cicadas will be here until next month's placements, so please feel free to interact with them in your own posts throughout the month. If you have questions, please comment to the announcements post. Thank you!]]

Comments

[voreaciously]

[A voice cuts through the water, mysteriously clear and not at all garbled.]

You are loud.

[80H appears, swimming smoothly to face him from beneath the waves.]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[rjweaoiejwaioew]

[May have swallowed water and surfaces, coughing and spitting out the water.]

[U G H]

[voreaciously]

Please do not drink the water.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Not. Trying to. [A few more rough coughs.]

[voreaciously]

[she would rub his back


but that would be nice so she's not gonna]

Why are you screaming?

[and can you do it somewhere not by her precious wat]

[schrodingerscockroach]

I was mindfucked for the last three days.

[So now he's REACTING TO EVERYTHING HE DID.]

[voreaciously]

Ah. Pleasant.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Oh yeah. I'm having a great time.

[voreaciously]

have you done anything you cannot salvage?

[schrodingerscockroach]

....hard call with one. [Cael is a hard read, okay okay.]

[voreaciously]

Did you injure or attack anyone?

[schrodingerscockroach]

No.

Just made a....lot of advances.

[voreaciously]

If you explain your circumstances, I assure you, you will be fine. These effects take place frequently. You will only have to live with your own suffering, but your relationships should not be in any true jeopardy, I expect.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Which takes explaining it.

[Ugh.]

I know I need to.

[BUT UGH.]

[voreaciously]

Send a chain message.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....I could do that.

[voreaciously]

You could.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...I may just do that.

[Would want to die in mortification less.]

[voreaciously]

I am sure they will understand. If not, well, that seems hardly sporting.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...I suppose that's true.

[voreaciously]

It is, so it will be fine, one way or another. You only need to get there.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....

You're pretty supportive, huh?

[voreaciously]

Not particularly, no.

[schrodingerscockroach]

You were just now.

[voreaciously]

I was only being rational and logical, that it ended up supporting you was incidental and not at all my intention.